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Division Physical & Biological Sciences Division

Department/College/Unit Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department
Institute of Marine Sciences

Title Professor
Associate Dean of Research and Research Impact

Affiliation Faculty

Other UCSC Campus Affiliation Coastal Science & Policy Program
Environmental Studies Department

Faculty Type Regular Faculty

Areas of Expertise Climate Change
Coastal Science
Ecology
Geochemistry
Marine Biology
Marine Sciences
Environmental Policy
Ocean Studies
Science Communication
Sustainability

Web Site

Primary Office Location CSC Coastal Biology Building
221

Office Hours for Students/ Office Hours By Appointment

Mail Stop CBB/EE Biology

Summary of Expertise

Community ecology, species interactions, global change biology, marine ecology

Research Interests

Coastal sustainability, climate change, multiple stressors, social-ecological systems, policy and management

Selected Publications

• Kroeker KJ, Micheli F and MC Gambi. (2013) Community dynamics and ecosystem simplification in a high-CO2 ocean. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., 110: 12721-12726.
• Kroeker KJ, Micheli F and MC Gambi. (2013). Ocean acidification causes ecosystem shifts via altered competitive interactions. Nature Climate Change, 3: 156-159.
• Strong A, Kroeker KJ, Teneva L, Mease LA, and R Kelly (2014). Ocean Acidification 2.0: Managing our changing coastal ocean chemistry BioScience.
• Kroeker KJ, Kordas RL, Crim RN and GG Singh. (2010). Meta-analysis reveals negative yet variable effects of ocean acidification on marine organisms. Ecology Letters 13: 1419–1434.

Courses Marine Ecology Field Quarter
Marine Ecology
Global Change Ecology
Facilitating Change in Coastal Science and Policy